Education Overview

Education programs support all NIFA National Emphasis Areas. These programs promote teaching excellence, enhance academic quality, and develop tomorrow’s scientific and professional workforce. In cooperation with public institutions,private sector partners, and the Land-Grant University System, NIFA provides national leadership to address critical educational issues.

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In Focus

• Tribal Institutions
• Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program
• Excellence in Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences Award

Funding

• 1890 Institutions Teaching and Research Capacity Building Grants Program
• Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Grants Program
• Higher Education Challenge Grants Program

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Partnerships

• NIFA partners with the National Science Foundation to conduct Annual Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), which assess trends in Ph.D. production.
• NIFA works with Purdue University to study employment opportunities in the food and agricultural sciences.

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Resources

• The Food and Agricultural Education Information System (FAEIS).
• 1890 Scholars Program, USDA.
• USDA Living Science – Careers in the Food and Agricultural Sciences, Purdue University.
  

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Contacts

Jermelina Tupas, Division Director, Division of Community and Education

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